The Mick Clifford Podcast: John Whyte on fighting disaster in Gaza

As senior deputy director of UNRWA, John Whyte's brief is to alleviate the catastrophe that Gaza is now turning into

UNRWA senior deputy director John Whyte is Mick Clifford's guest on this week's podcast. File Picture: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP

It’s a long way from the disadvantaged enclave of Rialto in Dublin’s inner city to the rubble and humanitarian devastation of Gaza, but John Whyte has seen both. 

Before joining the UNRWA refugee agency, John oversaw the regeneration of Fatima Mansions that is considered a template of how to tackle disadvantage in this country.